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I don't know why anyone perceives "made you think" as any form of victory. An opponent stopping to think should cause nothing but worry. You better be thinking just as hard, the entire time.
Yeah that’s why I sub to him on twitch even though I only really watch CZcams, it feels criminal to not at least pay that much for this wealth of information
It’s crazy how simple Danya makes chess look. He truly does nothing special in terms of plans/tactics in these speed runs yet runs everyone off the board. It gives me hope!
@@smrtfasizmu6161 I agree but very bad example. It looks easy when he does it because chess is a decision based game. Everything you do is a decision. When someone explains you good reasons for a decision you think "Yeah I agree. I would have thought the same". But actually what's hard is not finding the Moves themselves. It's finding the decisions that Daniel here openly gives you. That's why it looks so easy when you know the underlying decisions.
@@Lodzio20 Actually though. I'm not much higher than him, but what was the thought process of 3. h6 (+2 for white on move 3..)? Then later he also played a6 at a weird time, seemingly feeling 0 threat from Daniels pieces with a wide open king? Then, once Daniel took on f7, he didn't even try to hold with king e7 lol (e7 isn't even close to holding, obviously, just seems more obvious than instantly losing your queen).
@@kaschmir3 not at all , it appears like that to you although they mostly likely are doing something wrong.If you start playing classical and dig deep into their moves more often than not they either give up advantage or are positionally unsound
i feel like some of these 1200's hes playing are like 400's like why did the first guy randomly play h6 and then a6 instead of getting his pieces out lmao
Woo I love how the vids have been getting longer but the daily upload schedule is still being maintained, shoutout to Danya and also Clyde for all the love and hard work that goes into the series❤️
it's so funny how danya is a master of precision and can talk no stop for hours without messing any single concept or sentence. but he KEEPS calling the tip of the pawn chain the base. has been like that forever and i just lose it everytime haha great video as always
So great to see that patient attack in the last game. Has that inevitable feeling like a steamroller just rolling down a hill. You don’t know exactly how it will play out but something is going to get crushed.
You're so humble, that's one of the things that makes you a great teacher. Thank you for consistently uploading such high quality videos! After I have started watching you, I've improved so much in chess. Again, thank you! 😊
33:15 Rd6 reminds me of the game between Stockfish 8 and Alpha Zero where Alpha Zero dominated on the dark squares, putting the rooks on the 6th rank to cramp black's position.
Hi Daniel. I'm new to your channel. I want to thank you for teaching us, even though you certainly have better ways to spend your time. Very kind of you! Bless you, mate. Cheers.
From watching these videos I no longer call my Knight, my horsey... okay... that's a lie... but the truth is, I always get something from these videos. There's always a really instructive moment. :)
Daniel, I don’t know if you will ever see this, but you are a CHAMPION! I’ve learned so much and gotten so much better at chess watching your videos. For a casual chess player that doesn’t want to pay for a coach, I get invaluable lessons for free that I am able to use to whoop up on my coworkers. My hat goes off to you and I wish you the happiest, most successful life you could ever want.
thank you for teaching chess, i played some games after i discovered your masterclass videos and it gave me a real boost, i think more and blunder way less.
Danya I just got my friend into chess, and I think these videos are gonna be really helpful in teaching him, since you are far more instructive than my 1500 (online not Fide self). It also doesn't help that I've played d4 like 4 times in my life. Anyway, thanks for posting this instructional (and increasingly longform) content
I just played a game with 98.0 accuracy and destroyed black with queens gambit... Im on cloud nine rn, I want to thank you for these videos. I've been following this speedrun since 3 weeks and I can see the improvement in my game. I can't thank you enough. P.S. - you are my favourite chess player.
French - og close position ( d4e6 *e4d5 e5! close it up) Structural weakness or opening advantage >>think abt Opening up the center >> by playing c4 to undermine his pawn chain
Insane how easy you make this look. I am on this level (1200-1300) and my games are never that easy. That is, of course, because you are playing it optimal. Really nice to see. Trying to reach 1400 on stream next, I hope it happens soon haha
Good luck! And yeah, I can relate. I'm a relative beginner, clawing just below 1100 rapid online. Turns out finding the best moves (or just trying not to blunder) is hard. :)
@@acern93 hi, i didn’t exaclty figure it out but after Ke7 Qb3 or Bd5 and engine gives a +4 advantage which i think is because of the accelerated development and weak king, but engine obviously recommends Ke7 as opposed to Kxf7 which loses the queen. Ne5 is a possible follow up after Qb3 or Bd5, which allows for threats like Ng6+ which forks the king and rook and adds more pressure to the weak king.
45:58 I bet Na1 to go to b5 (Same as Sardoche game vs Ludwig:) on another note the centralized piece principal is True because if I create randomized position the ones with the piece in the middle will on average be better placed because they have access to more square but it does not stop the possibility that a piece in the corner deliver checkmate or win a piece. It is just much much less frequent statistically.
The Difference between chess YTubers.... Eric Rosen: _"Oh look, long castles is mate. This is something I discuss in my London course."_ Levi Rozman: _"I ALSO HAVE ONE! Buy my course I'M REALLY GOOD!!"_ Daniel Narioditsky: _"You see this move? Reminds me of my game vs Karpov, though I'm going to stop and ask questions to make sure you're understanding. It's important to know how to BBQ a steak just right."_
Black can definitely defend the rook in the Qf3 trap of the QGA line. Sac the knight, defend the check with your bishop and the queen defends the rook.
ah, it's too bad the person playing the QGA played it so weird with h6. i like playing QGA myself and would have liked to see how you play it when your opponent doesn't play a terrible 3rd move.
Same, I've been playing a bunch of QG lately (and Catalan, since it's closely related and I like long diagonals), and I'd love to see a more "conventional" game with Danya's thoughts. I'm sure there are probably some examples if I trawl through earlier speedruns, though.
"In these positions you must be very careful and allow yourself the patience to bring more pieces into the game". One move later: "don't overthink this, just pile a queen on it"
Another one in the next game. "yes we can trade, but look at this. we can develop more and pin." one move later: "Ok let's simplify, how do you simplify"
Out of curiosity I was wondering can you teach an old man to play good enough to reach 2000 elo? I'm 53. I've been subscribed since your first speed run I believe and your videos are very instructive and have helped me. To be clear, is it possible for a 53 year old to reach 2000 elo?
@@HelloImDavid1000 I don't have a classical rating. 5 minute is 1400-1475 at chess.com. At lichess I am 1600 but only because I checkmated someone with 2180elo in a one minute game.
35:03 queen takes d8 sacrifice instead of knight takes e6 leads to an endgame where white is up a knight against blacks pawns. knight takes e6 is def better but I thought that was cool lol
I don’t know if you will reply to this but I have a few questions. Other than puzzles and games, what are ways to improve at chess? And you talk about not bringing out the queen early, so when is it correct to bring it out? Or does that depend? If you like several moves, how do you know which one to make?
Is there a book, article, or puzzles to work on seeing weak/strong squares? In the last game finding that pawn to c4 is such a move I wouldn’t see or I’d find it by chance.
Hello,GM Daniel Naroditsky,I would like to ask in the analysis of the first game,you said that after 8.Nf3 Nxe5 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Re1 f5 11.Bf4,everyone should how much of a disaster this is for black because I think black may still defend with 11...Bd6.And second question,after 9.0-0 were you not worried about black consolidating with 9...Bf4,defending the knight then soon playing Be7 then castling kingside.I am very sorry for the inconvenience.
Make sure to vaccinate the queen! LOL, this gameplay is above way above my rating, but I still feel like I'm learning a lot with the slower play and explanations, great videos!
First of all thank you Dany for your job, in my opinion it ‘s incredibile instructive. I ve a question for you if you ve time.. I m an Italian player rated fide 1504. I’m studing The king’s indian defence for black, but my coach thinks that is too difficult to learn and not in my style of play. He thinks that i must begin to study bogo and nimzo indian against d4. I think that The kid can learn to me tactics and i love study kid, i m exaited when i see kasparov or nakamura (or naroditsky) kid games. In your opinion The king’s indian defence is a good choice for a beginner?
The other reason you don't play Rd1 is because the knight on b1 can't move. Na3 and Nc3 lose to bxa/c3. Nb2 loses to Qxd4. When trying to play positionally, you need to consider the position of all of your pieces. If you weaken one piece to 'improve' another, it might not be a good move.
Hi Daniel, at 46:00 in the video, wouldn't Bg5 still be a worthwile move as it provokes the pawn push, permanently weakening the E6 square. After which the plan in the video can still be executed?
Opponent: Haha, made him think.
Daniel: *Explaining why the move was horrible.*
It
Lol. Exactly what happens every time
I don't know why anyone perceives "made you think" as any form of victory. An opponent stopping to think should cause nothing but worry. You better be thinking just as hard, the entire time.
@@helxistrue
The fact that all these lessons are free straight from a GM is just amazing.
Ikr? Imagine buying Kasparov's cashgrab "masterclass" when you have this!!!
the gm part becomes more important as the level increases
Yeah that’s why I sub to him on twitch even though I only really watch CZcams, it feels criminal to not at least pay that much for this wealth of information
But never a replacement for a private teacher!
It’s crazy how simple Danya makes chess look. He truly does nothing special in terms of plans/tactics in these speed runs yet runs everyone off the board. It gives me hope!
He does everytime he says oooh we've got something really neat/pretty here
It seems like it is nothing special because he is doing it and explaining it. Soccer looks easy when Messi plays it.
Yeah, finding these things on your own when the clock is running is something else though.
same as you James P ! and I have already seen improvement !
@@smrtfasizmu6161 I agree but very bad example.
It looks easy when he does it because chess is a decision based game.
Everything you do is a decision. When someone explains you good reasons for a decision you think "Yeah I agree. I would have thought the same".
But actually what's hard is not finding the Moves themselves.
It's finding the decisions that Daniel here openly gives you.
That's why it looks so easy when you know the underlying decisions.
The first 2 opponents really be following the Finegold rule:" Don't develop your pieces because your opponent might take them".
Why do i never get 1200s like that? Mine know what feels like 10 moves of theory before breaking a sweat.
First dude were the worst 1200 ive ever seen.
@@Lodzio20 Actually though. I'm not much higher than him, but what was the thought process of 3. h6 (+2 for white on move 3..)? Then later he also played a6 at a weird time, seemingly feeling 0 threat from Daniels pieces with a wide open king? Then, once Daniel took on f7, he didn't even try to hold with king e7 lol (e7 isn't even close to holding, obviously, just seems more obvious than instantly losing your queen).
@@sinify6676 suppose he is a cheater, but keeps on inputing moves from some other game
@@kaschmir3 not at all , it appears like that to you although they mostly likely are doing something wrong.If you start playing classical and dig deep into their moves more often than not they either give up advantage or are positionally unsound
You are among the only few chess channels that really inspire me to get better at chess, thank you Daniel
John Bartholomew was the first one to really get me inspired and play good then I found Daniel as well and I'm hooked oh his channel too
For breakfast this morning, I decided to bite on some granite.
Elite comment
That's not good for your development!
I’ve literally been going to your channel every day waiting for another oh my lands!
i feel like some of these 1200's hes playing are like 400's like why did the first guy randomly play h6 and then a6 instead of getting his pieces out lmao
@@eshw23 they're Lichess 1200s, obviously. (/s)
@@eshw23 lots of beginners do that, to prevent knights from getting pinned, I still see 1600s doing it sometimes
Use the subscriber feed
@@NateROCKS112 They are not. Its chess.com not lichess.
Woo I love how the vids have been getting longer but the daily upload schedule is still being maintained, shoutout to Danya and also Clyde for all the love and hard work that goes into the series❤️
Clyde is the man!
6:50 am and already learning chess with one of the bests . Thanks for all the content ❤️
Uk?
Don't you have to work or something
South africa ?
it's so funny how danya is a master of precision and can talk no stop for hours without messing any single concept or sentence.
but he KEEPS calling the tip of the pawn chain the base. has been like that forever and i just lose it everytime haha
great video as always
At only 169k subs I feel like Danya's channel is the absolute best kept secret on the Internet right now! Cheers my man! 👍🏻🍻😊
278 k now!
So early even the prophet didn't see me coming
Gross
@@SerLaama I'm not happy that I understand your humour. Have a good day.
So great to see that patient attack in the last game. Has that inevitable feeling like a steamroller just rolling down a hill. You don’t know exactly how it will play out but something is going to get crushed.
Daniel, you should consider making some opening theory videos! I feel like you'd do a great job at it, explaining the theory
You're so humble, that's one of the things that makes you a great teacher. Thank you for consistently uploading such high quality videos! After I have started watching you, I've improved so much in chess. Again, thank you! 😊
Danya radiates the energy of my favorite professor! Thank you so much!
Was just thinking I'd love to watch another chess speedrun. Great timing, Danya!
33:15 Rd6 reminds me of the game between Stockfish 8 and Alpha Zero where Alpha Zero dominated on the dark squares, putting the rooks on the 6th rank to cramp black's position.
Move 3: Lets learn how to play closed positions
Move 7: Play c4 and blast open the position
Hi Daniel. I'm new to your channel. I want to thank you for teaching us, even though you certainly have better ways to spend your time. Very kind of you!
Bless you, mate. Cheers.
Thanks for your hard work on the streams and speed run videos we greatly appreciate the content especially when you help us get better 💙💯
The last thing an unsuspecting victim hears before being brutally beaten (on the chess board): „this is an instructive moment“
Queen’s Gambit: 0:14, 21:27
Caro Kann: 13:42
From watching these videos I no longer call my Knight, my horsey... okay... that's a lie... but the truth is, I always get something from these videos. There's always a really instructive moment. :)
Daniel, I don’t know if you will ever see this, but you are a CHAMPION! I’ve learned so much and gotten so much better at chess watching your videos. For a casual chess player that doesn’t want to pay for a coach, I get invaluable lessons for free that I am able to use to whoop up on my coworkers. My hat goes off to you and I wish you the happiest, most successful life you could ever want.
Thank you so much. So sweet! I wish you the same :)
Thank you Daniel!! Your lessons are very instructive and memorable!! I appreciate that you explain opening ideas with examples and tactics.
thank you for teaching chess, i played some games after i discovered your masterclass videos and it gave me a real boost, i think more and blunder way less.
Daniel, your master classes are truly underrated. Thank you for providing us with these informational videos free of cost.
I'm in love with your content ! OMG! daniel !
Danya I just got my friend into chess, and I think these videos are gonna be really helpful in teaching him, since you are far more instructive than my 1500 (online not Fide self). It also doesn't help that I've played d4 like 4 times in my life. Anyway, thanks for posting this instructional (and increasingly longform) content
I just played a game with 98.0 accuracy and destroyed black with queens gambit... Im on cloud nine rn, I want to thank you for these videos. I've been following this speedrun since 3 weeks and I can see the improvement in my game. I can't thank you enough.
P.S. - you are my favourite chess player.
What a wealth of information. Thank you very much for posting these videos.
i have recently discoverd this channel, i knew that daniel was amazing gm, but this is too much, thank you
This is just so simple and instructive for a beginner like myself, but I just throw everything out of the window when I actually play online.
French - og close position ( d4e6 *e4d5 e5! close it up)
Structural weakness or opening advantage >>think abt Opening up the center >> by playing c4 to undermine his pawn chain
Insane how easy you make this look. I am on this level (1200-1300) and my games are never that easy. That is, of course, because you are playing it optimal. Really nice to see. Trying to reach 1400 on stream next, I hope it happens soon haha
Good luck!
And yeah, I can relate. I'm a relative beginner, clawing just below 1100 rapid online. Turns out finding the best moves (or just trying not to blunder) is hard. :)
15:29 I have a belief people play that way because they once had a fantastic game playing those moves, and hence they try it in every game.
at 4:30 why couldnt the opponent have bongclouded Ke7 preventing Qxd8; although it comes with the obvious weakening of the king
did you ever figure this out? I thought the same
@@acern93 hi, i didn’t exaclty figure it out but after Ke7 Qb3 or Bd5 and engine gives a +4 advantage which i think is because of the accelerated development and weak king, but engine obviously recommends Ke7 as opposed to Kxf7 which loses the queen. Ne5 is a possible follow up after Qb3 or Bd5, which allows for threats like Ng6+ which forks the king and rook and adds more pressure to the weak king.
@@suga2420 He actually addresses this at 12:08 I was just too lazy to continue watching lol thanks though
@@acern93 oh fuck HAHA i usually watch the game not the analysis i don’t usually have time, thanks tho
45:58 I bet Na1 to go to b5 (Same as Sardoche game vs Ludwig:) on another note the centralized piece principal is True because if I create randomized position the ones with the piece in the middle will on average be better placed because they have access to more square but it does not stop the possibility that a piece in the corner deliver checkmate or win a piece. It is just much much less frequent statistically.
I wish he could post like 8 of these videos a day I love them
watch his twitch
Very instructive! Thank you
The Difference between chess YTubers....
Eric Rosen: _"Oh look, long castles is mate. This is something I discuss in my London course."_
Levi Rozman: _"I ALSO HAVE ONE! Buy my course I'M REALLY GOOD!!"_
Daniel Narioditsky: _"You see this move? Reminds me of my game vs Karpov, though I'm going to stop and ask questions to make sure you're understanding. It's important to know how to BBQ a steak just right."_
Danya bossing on my favourite board again! 👍🏻❤️
Just reached a new peak, very though games but was following your guidance, thanks
thank you danya
been watching since the beginning and will till the end
Black can definitely defend the rook in the Qf3 trap of the QGA line. Sac the knight, defend the check with your bishop and the queen defends the rook.
I love when people accept the Queen's gambit, and I can grab control of the center, and win back the pawn by developing my light square bishop.
"You should be obsessed with the health and safety of your queen. You should make sure its....vaccinated first"
Danya - 2021
@17:52 the prophet reads my 800-rated mind
I only play Against the Queen's Gambit, i'm a e4 player but this video helped me a lot to understand the positions
Queen's Gambit? Let's go!!!!
ah, it's too bad the person playing the QGA played it so weird with h6. i like playing QGA myself and would have liked to see how you play it when your opponent doesn't play a terrible 3rd move.
Same, I've been playing a bunch of QG lately (and Catalan, since it's closely related and I like long diagonals), and I'd love to see a more "conventional" game with Danya's thoughts. I'm sure there are probably some examples if I trawl through earlier speedruns, though.
Agree, i also play QG, its usually declined. Would be interesting to see how to play a more conventional opponent.
This video got me past 1200 ELO. Thank you!
Смотрю каждое утро за завтраком)
Thank you for the great analysis.. You definitely should make your course..
Great videos. Would love to see some English opening in this series!
I agree
"f6 is fine"
:O
I love how slowly and methodically he's explaining stuff while obliterating players
When he has 3 games on these uploads its the best chess content on YT
At 4:35, it's unpleasant, but Ke7 (like a bongcloud) would actually be the best move, so that black can take back the queen.
Please keep up the great content Daniel, helps improve my game so much and understand my shortcomings. Legend
His teaching style is phenomenal .. I would really love to see some sessions for intermediate players
Absolutely fabulous.
Me: Rd6
Danya: good move!
Me: *widepeepohappy noises*
19:35 "And that's how you punish a move like 4. Qd2"
straight up crushed the first dude
Really enjoying this run!! Just wanted to know what these Type 1 and 2 pieces are and where I can learn more about these
Hey dayna didnt you say in a few videos ago having a king that can't castle isnt bad if there arent queens on the board?
"In these positions you must be very careful and allow yourself the patience to bring more pieces into the game".
One move later:
"don't overthink this, just pile a queen on it"
Another one in the next game.
"yes we can trade, but look at this. we can develop more and pin."
one move later:
"Ok let's simplify, how do you simplify"
Great lesson on how to use those 'screwdrivers' Daniel (of chess -- knights) -- fixing how do I win this problem, lol. Ggs thanks.
Out of curiosity I was wondering can you teach an old man to play good enough to reach 2000 elo? I'm 53. I've been subscribed since your first speed run I believe and your videos are very instructive and have helped me. To be clear, is it possible for a 53 year old to reach 2000 elo?
Loads of men that old and older are above that elo. The question is what your rating is now
@@HelloImDavid1000 I don't have a classical rating. 5 minute is 1400-1475 at chess.com. At lichess I am 1600 but only because I checkmated someone with 2180elo in a one minute game.
Didn't understand why pinning the knight was not a good idea (minute 24:30-25:00)
Besides, great thanks for your instructive content
35:03 queen takes d8 sacrifice instead of knight takes e6 leads to an endgame where white is up a knight against blacks pawns. knight takes e6 is def better but I thought that was cool lol
i heckin love danya
7:34 well it is a sacrifice in return, traditionally a countergambit is any gambit as black
I don’t know if you will reply to this but I have a few questions. Other than puzzles and games, what are ways to improve at chess? And you talk about not bringing out the queen early, so when is it correct to bring it out? Or does that depend? If you like several moves, how do you know which one to make?
Is there a book, article, or puzzles to work on seeing weak/strong squares? In the last game finding that pawn to c4 is such a move I wouldn’t see or I’d find it by chance.
I was unable to break pass 1000 elo. Since watching Daniel my elo jump to 1300
matches
0:16
13:40
21:26
I feel like desttoying my opponents after watching your videos. I get better though but not destroying them the way I imagined it. lol
Thank you a lot
The most common immediate response is Nf3 (usually followed by e3) rather than either e3 or e4 though right
Great games and geat lesson for us
5:20 most often preceded by Nf3
Hello,GM Daniel Naroditsky,I would like to ask in the analysis of the first game,you said that after 8.Nf3 Nxe5 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Re1 f5 11.Bf4,everyone should how much of a disaster this is for black because I think black may still defend with 11...Bd6.And second question,after 9.0-0 were you not worried about black consolidating with 9...Bf4,defending the knight then soon playing Be7 then castling kingside.I am very sorry for the inconvenience.
Quality content.
6:31 Nc6 saves the rook and then Bd7 attacking the queen
Make sure to vaccinate the queen! LOL, this gameplay is above way above my rating, but I still feel like I'm learning a lot with the slower play and explanations, great videos!
is see daniel i like
First of all thank you Dany for your job, in my opinion it ‘s incredibile instructive.
I ve a question for you if you ve time..
I m an Italian player rated fide 1504.
I’m studing The king’s indian defence for black, but my coach thinks that is too difficult to learn and not in my style of play. He thinks that i must begin to study bogo and nimzo indian against d4.
I think that The kid can learn to me tactics and i love study kid, i m exaited when i see kasparov or nakamura (or naroditsky) kid games.
In your opinion The king’s indian defence is a good choice for a beginner?
Oh my lands!! He uploaded a 50 minute video
The other reason you don't play Rd1 is because the knight on b1 can't move. Na3 and Nc3 lose to bxa/c3. Nb2 loses to Qxd4. When trying to play positionally, you need to consider the position of all of your pieces. If you weaken one piece to 'improve' another, it might not be a good move.
after 1.d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4. i play Nc3. just developing and i am able to play e4 in the future when it suits me
at 24:49 what was the tactic that worried Danya about Bb5 pinning the knight?
Hi Daniel, at 46:00 in the video, wouldn't Bg5 still be a worthwile move as it provokes the pawn push, permanently weakening the E6 square. After which the plan in the video can still be executed?
it's been 2 years... am I the only one still waiting of the article called " Daniel Naroditsky is going to sleep" ??
+100 Respect
Commenting for the algorithm
Sensei Danya is the truth
48 minutes long? Oh my lands it's not even Christmas yet